Please note that the way in which the attainment and progress of pupils are reported nationally for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 (for all schools) changed in 2016. We moved from reporting old national curriculum levels (Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, etc.) to reporting whether or not children met the expectations of their age group and, in the case of Year 6, a scaled score (ranging from -80 to 120, where 100 is average) which shows extent to which children did or not meet expectations in reading, grammar and punctuation, and mathematics.

At the end of Year 1, we assess children’s awareness of phonics, that is the letters and sounds that are used to make words. The National Year 1 Phonics tests aims to test children’s phonological awareness and their ability to combine letters and sounds to read words. Children have to read 40 words which increase in difficulty through the test. Some of the words are real words (e.g. mat, drip, switch). Other words are ‘made up’ or psuedo words which means that they are not real words but can still be ‘read’ by sounding out and blending their letters and sounds, e.g. blarb, grabe, drisk. These words are referred to as alien words in the test.

2018 : 70% (83%) of pupils met the required standard

2017 : 100% (81%) of pupils met the required standard

2016 : 93% (77%) of pupils met the required standard

2015 : 90% (77%) of pupils met the required standard

Early Years Foundation Stage

At the end of Reception (the final year of EYFS), the children are assessed against 17 Early Learning Goals. They are assessed as either Emerging (towards towards the goal), Expected (achieved the goal) or Exceeded (working beyond the goal) for each of the 17 Early Learning Goals. If a child achieves at least the expected level in a set of 12 Early Learning Years, including reading, writing and mathematics, they are said to have achieved a Good Level of Development.